ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,617, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to AMBU A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).
"Switch button for an endoscope" was invented by Wilhelm Franz Pommersheim (Adelsried, Germany), Felix Andreas Graw (Augsburg, Germany) and Klaus Peter Konig (Kissing, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope including a handle housing having apertures for legs of an operating part, an electrical switch positioned in the handle housing and having a carrier board having apertures for the legs. The operating part includes a finger pad having a finger surface, a ring connected to and extending from the finger pad, the ring having a plunger aperture, legs co...